Elizabeth Cady Stanton archived letter to The Women of the Republic

Monday January 25, 1864 By Elizabeth Cady Stanton Office of the Women's Loyal National League, Room No. 20, Cooper Institute. New York, January 25, 1864. The Women's Loyal National League, TO THE WOMEN OF THE REPUBLIC: We ask you to sign and circulate this petition for the entire abolition of … Continue reading

World War II
Author Robert Edsel talks about the WWII monuments men

Robert Edsel, author of the book, "The Monuments Men," speaks with the president of the National World War II Museum about the obstacles that veterans during the second world war went through to protect important cultural artifacts from destruction by the Nazis. Continue reading

Vietnam War
Eddie Adams on his famous Vietnam execution photo

Eddie Adams, an American combat photographer and photojournalist, discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken on a Saigon street on February 1, 1968. Continue reading

Elvis Presley
Whitney Houston remembers meeting Elvis Presley as a child

Songbird Whitney Houston reminisces about when her mother, Cissy, sang with the Sweet Inspirations as a back-up for Elvis Presley, both in the recording studio and on tours, starting in 1969. Continue reading